Overview
- Draws upon Christian ethical and group-ontological thought to argue that corporate religious liberty rights should apply to group actions
- Helps to navigate competing moral claims of both groups and vulnerable third-parties within an increasingly polarized political environment
- Explores how the Church might positively influence moral discourse over corporate religious freedoms.
Part of the book series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion (PFPR)
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About this book
This book addresses one of the most urgent issues in contemporary American law—namely, the logic and limits of extending free exercise rights to corporate entities. Pointing to the polarization that surrounds disputes like Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, David argues that such cases need not involve pitting flesh-and-blood individuals against the rights of so-called “corporate moral persons.” Instead, David proposes that such disputes should be resolved by attending to the moral quality of group actions. This approach shifts attention away from polarizing rights-talk and towards the virtues required for thriving civic communities. More radically, however, this approach suggests that groups themselves should not be viewed as things or “persons” in the first instance, but rather as occasions of coordinated activity. Discerned in the writings of Saint Thomas Aquinas, this reconceptualization helps illuminate the moral stakes of a novel—and controversial—form of religious freedom.
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Edward A. David is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Christian Approach to Corporate Religious Liberty
Authors: Edward A. David
Series Title: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56211-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56210-6Published: 22 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56213-7Published: 23 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56211-3Published: 21 September 2020
Series ISSN: 2634-6176
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6184
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 264
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Business Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Philosophy of Religion, Political Philosophy